The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 38 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organisations and development agencies.
Members share a common vision that agriculture and rural development is central to poverty reduction, and a conviction that sustainable and efficient development requires a coordinated global approach.
Following years of relative decline in public investment in the sector, the Platform was created in 2003 to increase and improve the quality of development assistance in agriculture, rural development and food security.
// Agriculture is the key to poverty reduction
Agriculture, rural development, and food security provide the best opportunity for donors and partner country governments to leverage their efforts in the fight against poverty.
However, the potential of agriculture, rural development and food security to reduce poverty is poorly understood and underestimated.
Cutting-edge knowledge of these issues is often scattered among organisations, leading to competition, duplication of efforts, and delays in the uptake of best practices.
// Addressing aid effectiveness
Therefore the Platform promotes the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action for sustainable outcomes on the ground, and the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
Increasing aid to agriculture and rural development is not enough. Donors must work together to maximise development impact.
// Adding value
The Platform adds value to its members’ efforts by facilitating the exchange of their development know-how, which consolidates into a robust knowledge base for joint advocacy work.
Working with the Platform, members are searching for new ways to improve the impact of aid in agriculture and rural development.
- An increased share of official development assistance going towards rural development
- Measurable progress in the implementation of aid effectiveness principles
- Greater use of programme-based and sector-wide approaches
- More sustainable support to ARD by member agencies
// Vision
The Platform endorses and works towards the common objectives of its member institutions to support the reduction of poverty in developing countries and enhance sustainable economic growth in rural areas.
Its vision is to be a collective, recognised and influential voice, adding value to and reinforcing the goals of aid effectiveness in the agricultural and rural development strategies and actions of member organisations in support of partner countries.
// Evaluation
Between August and October 2014, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development underwent an Evaluation. The evaluators interviewed across board focal points (FPs) of member organisations, partner institutions, staff of the secretariat and key agricultural and rural development experts from different organisations involved in the Platform initiatives. KIT reviewed Platform documentation of the past 10 years, online resources and services to complete the assessment.
According to the report, the change in overall global development objectives of the Post-2015 agenda and its sustainable development goals (SDG) will only reiterate the relevance of the Platform’s work in coordinating donor activities. Agriculture and rural development are incorporated in many of the SDGs. The targeted development of appropriate policies and innovative strategies will depend on increased, cross-sectoral cooperation which the Platform stands for. The achievement of the Platform’s objectives of advocacy, knowledge sharing and network facilitation functions remains to be a crucial contribution to agriculture and rural development.
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Resources
Displaying 716 - 720 of 808PO support project for sustainable agricultural development
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The project aims to promote peasant agriculture as a major economic driver in the DR Congo to strengthen the role of peasant organizations in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of national strategies for agricultural development and land tenure security for peasants on their land.
Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro - Phase II (PASK II)
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The project aims to improve incomes and living conditions for 21,000 households in the areas of Aftout South and Karakoro. The specific objective is to help build an economic and social fabric based on sustainable natural resource management that is inclusive of poor rural households, particularly women and young people. Land and natural resource governance related interventions include land agreements to guarantee equitable access to land which will be indispensable for any irrigation scheme and the adoption of an integrated watershed management approach. Land Tenure Arrangements, both large scale or on smaller areas, help stabilize use rights, to make them more fair and accessible for the target population.
Improvement of Land Administration Procedures, Capacity and Systems in Botswana (LAPCAS)
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The aim is to create a national systems for unique referencing of land parcels and location addresses, improve the overall land administration processes, computerize deeds register, systematically adjudicate tribal lands
Improvement of Land Administration procedure and Capacity in Namibia (LAPCAS)
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improving (i) procedures in cadastral examination, recording and Improving archiving; (ii) standardized the unique parcel identification implemented; (iii) exchange of digital land information improved; (iv) a harmonized land registration and cadastral system in place; (v) a well-functioning IT-organization in place; (vi) a proposal for revised requirements for professionals in land administration in place; (vii) monitoring of land markets improved; and (viii) land administration capacity at the Ministry increased.
Introduction of voluntary land consolidation in Ukraine in the context of opening land market, and as an instr
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FAO is currently providing technical support to the Government of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Agriculture) with introduction of land consolidation instrument to address the problem of inefficient farm structures (small and fragmented) and boost agricultural transformation and development (Project reference: TCP/AZE/3601). The main objectives of the project are to develop a national land consolidation strategy, increase the institutional capacity to develop and implement modern land consolidation projects and implement a voluntary land consolidation project in a selected pilot area. Land consolidation activities are seen in a broader rural development context, because the needs and constraints the communities face are much broader than only farm structures. The Community Area Development Plan will be prepared in the process together with the local authorities and all interested local stakeholders. Land consolidation is being currently tested in the selected community and adapted in the process to the national context. The most suitable model will be developed in line with best international practices and the VGGT. Pilot experiences from the field project will feed into the Land Consolidation Strategy to be prepared in order to integrate land consolidation into broader policy framework.